{"product_id":"9781350097049","title":"Contemporary Linguistic Parameters","description":"\u003ch3\u003eContemporary Studies in Linguistics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eContemporary Linguistic Parameters\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAntonio Fabregas | Li Wei | Jaume Mateu | Michael Putnam\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Grammar \u0026amp; Punctuation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eParameters have lain at the core of linguistic research in the generative tradition for decades. The theoretical questions they have raised are deep and broad: this reference text investigates how contemporary linguistics has best tried to answer them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book looks at how parameters might be properly defined and what their locus might be :lexical information, functional heads, the computational system, the phonological branch of the grammar. What kind of data forms trigger acquisition of a parameter? Are parameters necessary or can we study languages without making reference to them?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe questions looked at are not just theoretical: how can a theory of parameters be used to help understand second language acquisition, and what contributions can it make to the study of language typology? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the right time to gather all this information, dispersed in many different kinds of publications by single authors and groups, into one comprehensive volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntonio Fábregas \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Hispanic Linguistics, University of Tromsø, Norway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJaume Mateu\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Catalan \u0026amp; Linguistics, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Putnam\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of German and Linguistics, Penn State University, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 February 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350097049\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e448\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332581359756,"sku":"9781350097049","price":47.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_dfab453f-6e05-4660-95d4-35b083531e3c.jpg?v=1783604228","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350097049","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}